Hywel Williams
Shadow PC Spokesperson (International Development), Shadow PC Spokesperson (Work and Pensions), Shadow PC Spokesperson (Defence), Shadow PC Spokesperson (Cabinet Office), Shadow PC Spokesperson (International Trade), Shadow PC Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs), Shadow PC Chief Whip
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the average difference between the rent being paid by individuals in receipt of Local Housing Allowance (LHA) and the LHA rate in each local authority in Wales in the most recent period for which data is available.
David Rutley
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury), The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
As of November 2021, the average monthly difference between the rent being paid by individuals in receipt of Local Housing Allowance (LHA) and the LHA rate in each Welsh local authority is as below:
Average monthly difference between rent and LHA rate | |
£75 | |
Bridgend | £59 |
Caerphilly | £69 |
Cardiff | £12 |
Carmarthenshire | £58 |
Ceredigion | £50 |
Conwy | £74 |
Denbighshire | £67 |
Flintshire | £48 |
Gwynedd | £70 |
£49 | |
£65 | |
Monmouthshire | £91 |
£68 | |
Newport | £49 |
Pembrokeshire | £75 |
Powys | £81 |
£64 | |
Swansea | £30 |
Torfaen | £59 |
£78 | |
Wrexham | £45 |
Average difference figures include both households where the rent paid by individuals is lower than the LHA and households where the rent paid by individuals is higher than the LHA. Positive values relate to where monthly rent is higher than the monthly LHA rate on average in a local authority.
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